"Stinky boy, something happened!"

The third master hurriedly crashed into Liu Chun's room, and found that Liu Chun was brushing the kitten there, the fat black cat lazily exposed its belly, and its round body, like a meat mound, Xu was comfortably brushed, and made a soft muttering sound, as if snoring again.

The third master's nose is crooked, why is this kid discouraged again?

Don't you dislike cats?

I didn't care about it for months, but now it's okay, fiddling with it every day, you want to be angry with me!

Liu Chun turned his head and said lazily: "Dad, how do you know the fun of petting cats, the so-called petting cats is cool for a while, and it is always cool for petting cats...... Look how cute this little thing is! ”

The third master didn't have Liu Chun's leisure, he slapped him on the table, scared the big fat cat and rolled over, ran behind the screen, and after hiding, he made an angry and rapid "meow" sound, which seemed to be shouting the escort of shoveling, but Liu Chun couldn't do it, how could there be air to control it!

"Dad, what's going on? As for rushing into this? ”

The third master took a hard breath, and said with a stiff face: "Let me ask you, how is that Huang Guan?" ”

"Huang Guan? Pretty good, what's wrong? ”

"I'm asking you, does he matter?" The third master asked.

"This?" Liu Chun wanted to say that Huang Guan was of course important, in case he still came to the point of Jing Nan, a pig opponent was far more useful than a god teammate.

"Dad, what's wrong with her?"

The third master sighed heavily, "I just got the news from the Jinyi Guard, Your Majesty issued an edict to send a team of Jinyi Guards to raid Huang Guan's home!" ”

"What?"

Liu Chun was really shocked, "He, what crime did he commit?" In Liu Chun's impression, Huang Guan is quite cautious in doing things, and he is eager to get ahead, and his sense of fame is still very strong, there is no reason to offend Lao Zhu!

"I just heard that His Majesty went to a private visit and came back and ordered to arrest people."

"What is it?" Liu Chun was curious: "Is my father familiar?" ”

The third master shook his head.

At this time, Zhang Dingbian came in from the outside.

"Ask me and I'm done! It was a street that specialized in the sale and purchase of land. ”

Liu Chun was puzzled, is there such a place in this capital?

Zhang Dingbian sat down and said with a smile: "Stinky boy, do you know how to contribute?" ”

"This ...... Of course I do! Why, did anyone contribute? ”

In Liu Chun's impression, dedication was a common phenomenon in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, why did it exist now?

"Elder Zhang, is that street dedicated to donations?"

"Hmm!"

Zhang Dingbian nodded, "That's right, no, the imperial court has just held the imperial examination, and there are a lot of new scholars, among them, some people want to be officials in the capital, and it is indispensable to buy properties, and some people who want to evade taxes have sent the land to their names, which can be regarded as taking what they need." ”

……

It turned out that at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was also a preferential exemption policy for officials, but this preferential exemption did not include land taxes and regular service, and only exempted from harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

That is to say, if you become an official, you still have to pay as much land as you should pay for your family's land, and you can't be exempted from regular service. But excesses and miscellaneous taxes can be exempted, of course, this is also a lot of fat, almost reducing more than half of the burden. Especially in the capital, there are many things, and there are many miscellaneous servants, and they are frequently recruited, repairing the imperial tombs, building the imperial palace, and cleaning up the river...... These messy things are very easy to affect the agricultural season, and the common people have to pay for it.

If you can't afford to pay and don't want to serve, then donating is a good choice, and sending your own land to the name of the official can not only escape the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but also exempt from the poll tax, because in principle, if you become a domestic servant of the official, you can be removed from the household register. Naturally, the poll tax is saved.

As mentioned earlier, in the early Ming Dynasty, officials could not be exempted from Tian Fu.

But the problem is that if you are a talent in the examination, you can be exempted from two stones, pay attention, here are two stones of Tianfu, if it is folded into acres, it is about fifty or sixty acres.

If you are admitted to the lifter, the amount of exemption will be even more.

There is a folk saying that the poor show the rich raise people.

What does that mean?

If you are admitted to Xiucai, you can be exempted from military service, you can be exempted from field tax, and if you have good grades, you can also receive food...... But the problem is that this exemption is only enough for one family.

In other words, if you are not good at management, Xiucai still can't live a good life, and besides, reading exams cost a lot, and the exemption from this bit of field service can at most cover the tuition fees.

But if you are admitted to the exam, not to mention the qualifications to be an official, the amount of exemption will be greatly increased, and at that time, it will not only be your own family, but also help others to be exempted, so it is inevitable that the donation will appear!

"Although the officials of the court can't exempt the field endowment, don't forget, most of them have meritorious reputation, and who dares to levy their field endowment?"

Liu Chun took a breath, he made it clear that the courage to surrender had appeared from the beginning. It's just that at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the management was strict, and the number of scholars was small, and the number of people who achieved fame was even more limited, so it did not corrupt the entire tax law.

It's like a lot of problems, they accumulate over time, and when it turns out that the situation is serious and becomes a disadvantage, it has actually existed for many years.

A huge country, there are not many black swan events, most of them are gray rhinoceros events...... If you think that black swan events are frequent, it only proves that you have ignored a lot of truths.

Zhang Dingbian said: "That street was found by the old man, although some people want to make a donation, and the officials also want to make a fortune, but they are still more cautious." That street will help deal with it, and make the people who surrender into relatives and servants of officials, which seems reasonable and does not destroy the laws of the court. Zhang Dingbian chuckled, "I want to be a bitch, and I want to set up an archway!" Shameful! ”

Liu Chun smiled helplessly, "That's better than blatantly annexing land, collecting hundreds of thousands of acres, and not even paying a little bit of land, right?" ”

Zhang Dingbian rolled his strange eyes and said angrily: "If that's the case, the Ming Dynasty will die one day!" ”

What can Yoo Chun say, isn't that how it is in history? Many so-called famous ministers wantonly annexed land and property, ate together from top to bottom, ate the poor people, emptied the treasury, and destroyed the Ming Dynasty......

"Elder Zhang, after saying so much, Huang Guan did this?"

Zhang Dingbian said helplessly: "How do I know? Your Majesty went for a private visit, and you may have run into it! What kind of bullshit six yuan, the first few days, the old man thought he was good, but now that he looks at it, he is also a deceptive and famous...... It's about the same as you! It's called a nest of snakes and rats, otherwise how would you get together! ”

Liu Chun rolled his eyes angrily, "I am innocent, as for Huang Guan...... I don't think he'll be that stupid! ”

"Won't? People have been caught? You still say you won't? ”

Liu Chun's eyes rolled, "Maybe someone is doing something bad in his name!" I'll go to the palace now, I'm going to speak for Huang Guan! ”

Liu Chun is really a man of action, he immediately put on his official uniform and went straight to the noon gate.

Liu Chun was not impulsive, he calculated carefully, Huang Guan restored his original surname, the Huang family is not having a good time at the moment, although it is six yuan, but it will not be able to annex the land everywhere immediately and accept the contribution, after all, it will take a while to transform fame into power.

Moreover, Huang Guan was despised by many civil officials because he supported the relocation of the capital and officiated the marriage of the Liu family, will these people take the opportunity to assassinate Huang Guan?

Liu Chun felt that it was not impossible.

To beat Huang Guan is to hit him in the mouth.

How can Liu Chun sit idly by!

Hurried to the noon gate, and was about to hand over the sign to ask to see, suddenly Huang Guan walked out of it step by step, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Chun!

Huang Guan took a breath and said in surprise: "Liu, Lord Liu? ”

Liu Chun chuckled: "Brother Huang, are you okay?" ”

Huang Guan groaned slightly, and suddenly said excitedly: "You, are you here for my business?" ”

Liu Chun smiled gently, "It looks like it's okay, that's good!" ”

In an instant, Huang Guan really had the urge to burst into tears, he hurried up, grabbed Liu Chun's arm, and shook it vigorously!

"Lord Liu, I've taken a turn from the ghost gate, you, you're too much of a friend!"

Huang Guan was in tears, Liu Chun invited him to get into the carriage, and the two of them found a restaurant and drank a glass of convulsive wine.

Huang Guan said: "Lord Liu, to be honest, Jinyiwei came to my house and frightened me. ”

"Jinyiwei, the murderous name is outside, it's strange if you're not afraid!" Liu Chun smiled and said, "Huang Da Zhuangyuan, why did Your Majesty let you go?" Is it unsubstantiated? ”

Huang Guan shook his head, "It's not that there is no evidence, but it's true!" ”

Now it was Liu Chun's turn to be surprised, "Then, why did Your Majesty let you go?" ”

Huang Guan suddenly laughed, "Lord Liu, it's a member of the Xu family, in my name, accepting contributions and annexing acres of land!" ”

"The Xu family? They're not giving you permission to restore ......"

Huang Guan laughed so much that tears came out, "They agreed on the surface, but they were still dissatisfied in their hearts, no, they felt that I didn't dare to tear my face with them, so I took the opportunity to use my name to gather land." It's a coincidence, but your majesty was stunned! Not only did His Majesty not blame, but also told me that it was the right thing to do to break off the relationship with the Xu family as soon as possible and restore the surname Huang! Hear no, I did it right! ”

Liu Chun didn't expect it, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly, "So, Huang Da Zhuangyuan is a blessing in disguise, congratulations." It's just that Xu Jiake is about to be unlucky. ”